#BB5043#BB5043

#BB5043 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.141 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5043
RGB	rgb(187, 80, 67)
HSL	hsl(7, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(7, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 64.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.89, 42.28, 29.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.89, 51.32, 34.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.69% 0.1232 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(56.69% 0.141 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3776, 16.7105, 7.2508)
Luminance	0.1671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5043 #43AEBB

analogous

#BB4372 #BB5043 #BB8C43

triadic

#BB5043 #43BB50 #5043BB

tetradic

#BB5043 #72BB43 #43AEBB #8C43BB

square

#BB5043 #72BB43 #43AEBB #8C43BB

split-complementary

#BB5043 #43BB8C #4372BB

monochromatic

#612923 #8E3D33 #BB5043 #CC7A70 #DCA39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#BB5043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#BB5043 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BB5043

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BB5043	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6341

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD3B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 80, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.141 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d68577',
    500: '#bb5043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5043;
$custom-light: #d68577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.5,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56692,
    "c": 0.14112,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5043

secondary

#92C2C8

accent

#C8D751

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBEFED

border

#D4CAC8

text

#150B08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5043

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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